Inventing Loreta Velasquez: Confederate Soldier Impersonator, Media Celebrity, and Con Artist
- ISBN-10
- 0809335220
- ISBN-13
- 9780809335220
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-10-24
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- William C. Davis
Description
This groundbreaking biography of Loreta Janeta Velasquez delves into the life of one of America's early celebrities. She claimed to have posed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, but this book reveals a startling reality that's even more implausible than the myths she created.
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